Originally posted by Evicerator I think that this reaction to having a number of fans in your car is somewhat understandable to someone who hasn't seen the difference that keeping your motor just a little bit cooler can do to your run time, power, and motor condition.

Having three fans in his car is not a function of the stuff not working without it. Having three fans in his car is a result of a few things. The first of which is wanting to make sure that he gets the best performance out of his equipment in very high load situations for the full five minutes. The second is the fact that when your car is underweight, you might as well add weight that will actually benefit you somehow, instead of just sticking a lump of lead in a random spot.

Cooler equals more efficient and consistant in the realm of electronics. If you were trying to win a race against the very best in the world wouldn't you want your car to be as efficient and consistant as possible?

I have been running fans for over two years on my equipment and it has been working wonders. At the end of my run when geared correctly, I was still doing the same lap times as when I had started my run.

Do you blow air at the motor or the speedo?
My Novak TC2 runs soooo cooool there is never a need to cool it no even when I'm running sub 10T motors.
The GTX is rated to be lower resistance than the TC2 or any other Novak, so why the need to blow it cool? Is it really hot or is it just there to make up some weight?

If you read Steve's post, the cooler things are, the better. It's not a matter of it over heaing without it. They were probably a little under weight and figured functional weight that help keep things even cooler would be the best way to make weight.

Originally posted by NR It dont look to good for the novak GTX and the new Cobalt motors when theres 3 fans in the car it gives you second thoughts on the motors. and the speedy well yes i need a fan on mine to which i think is appalling. It will def be the last novak i Buy

i didn't say that i like kinwald's because it's loaded with fans....

i just said that this car is probably the kinwald's car because he usually put fans everywhere on his cars.......

but i don't think using fans is something to worry about the quality of the products.....

i don't use fans to blow my esc, but i do use to keep the motor endbell as cooler as possible.....the motor keeps its performance, no fading, no burnt brushes.......

You can also find them at computer/electronics supply places. I'm not sure of the voltage on the fans. I've used 5v fans as well as 12v fans in the past. My receiver's BEC puts out 5v, so it's a good match with the 5v fans. The 12v fans don't get enough juice to blow at full power, so...

I paid more than $9.99 for my fans by the time shipping was figured in, so you can make your own decision on that one.

We mounted a 1" sq, (25mm) fan on the nerf wings of our TC3's, 5 v fans, 1.8 cfm (be sure to ck this because there are some out there that cost less, but only put out about half the air (cfm). Dropped the motor temp about 30 deg, same gearing, just helped the motor brush to live longer, and be as good at the end as it was at the start. Jameco Electronics.

or you can be cheap like me and use to playing cards some ca glue and a little bit of electrical tape and build an air duct. lol it worked becasue i didnt overheat but my battery dumped to so maybe thats why o whell either way i was geting air blown accrost teh fins.